Religious Education News
Unitarian Universalist Church of Canton
RE Mission
Our religious education program works to create an accepting environment that empowers children and youth to explore their spirituality, celebrate diversity, and live our Unitarian Universalist values.  
Family Ministry
We believe that families play a vital role in furthering this empowerment to explore and live our UU values. We are excited to support our families by offering ideas from the UUA's Tapestry of Faith program as well as graces and thought provoking questions related to the topics introduced during Sunday religious education classes. We hope you find this new initiative enjoyable and spiritually fulfilling for your whole family.
In RE Next Week
Our children will be making bird's nests, hearing a story about a creative tailor, consider injustice and inequality in our world, and the importance of working for justice, determining a social justice project, exploring Hinduism and planning a worship service.  Check out the church website and our Facebook page for details.
RE Committee   
Wil Rivers, Chair 
Anna Sorensen, Council Liaison
Jeff Frank
Arthur Freeheart
Shelby Hunkins
Esther Katz
Ashley Nadean Clover
Ron Tavernier
Jenn Whittaker
For the Week of March 4, 2018
FLU Safety
We have some children in our RE program who have a compromised immune system.  Please consider these good health habits from the CDC.   Thank you! 
A Table Grace:
Heaven is my father and earth my mother and even such a small creature as I finds an intimate place in its midst.  That which extends throughout the universe, I regard as my body and that which directs the universe, I regard as my nature.  All people are my brothers and sisters and all things are my companions.
~ Chang Tsai (Eleventh Century) 
Chalice Lighting:
This flame glows as light glows in the darkness.
This flame dances as growing things dance upon the green earth.
This flame flickers as life flickers for a precious while in each of us.
This flame is warm as the companionship of family and friends is warm.
~ Andrew M. Hill 
Please consider utilizing these ideas to deepen and inspire your faith during the week.
Contemplation Topic - During a shared meal with family or friends or as part of a contemplative practice, ponder the question - Where and how do you "dance" in your life?
St. Lawrence Seaway Spring Gathering - Come join UUs from across New York for a day of worshiping, learning and connecting in April!  Click on the link above to register and learn more.
Inspired by our Multigenerational Worship Service -  Continue to dance!  Click here to view and join in the Mayim Mayim dance.   Click here to view and join with the New Bedford Chapter of CUUPS (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans) dancing the Elm Dance.    
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Carol Zimmerman at dre@uucantonny.org or 315-386-2498.